A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... FISH - NETTING - CATCHING SHARKS - A ROYAL MAUSOLEUM - SUPERSTITIONS OF EAST AND WEST - CENTI- PEDES -INTOXICATING DRINKS - INFLUENZA MRS SIMPSON , DEATH OF 48 CHAPTER XVI . THE ROYAL PROGRESS ROUND MOOREA - THE SEIGNELAY STARTS FOR THE ...
... FISH - NETTING - CATCHING SHARKS - A ROYAL MAUSOLEUM - SUPERSTITIONS OF EAST AND WEST - CENTI- PEDES -INTOXICATING DRINKS - INFLUENZA MRS SIMPSON , DEATH OF 48 CHAPTER XVI . THE ROYAL PROGRESS ROUND MOOREA - THE SEIGNELAY STARTS FOR THE ...
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... fish should have been wrapped in plantain - leaves , and broiled on the embers ; the pigs baked on hot stones in earth ovens , where the peeled bread - fruit and bunches of faes , or mountain - plantain , should likewise have been ...
... fish should have been wrapped in plantain - leaves , and broiled on the embers ; the pigs baked on hot stones in earth ovens , where the peeled bread - fruit and bunches of faes , or mountain - plantain , should likewise have been ...
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... fish are very large . Per- haps one's instinctive objection is to their size . Those most in favour are of a most exquisite green colour . During breakfast , and afterwards , the glee - singers of the district sang himènes , which are ...
... fish are very large . Per- haps one's instinctive objection is to their size . Those most in favour are of a most exquisite green colour . During breakfast , and afterwards , the glee - singers of the district sang himènes , which are ...
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... fish - dinner as Greenwich never equalled . Fish of all sorts and kinds ( cooked and raw to suit all tastes ) , excellent lobsters and crabs , huge fresh - water prawns , deli- cate little oysters , which grow on the roots and branches ...
... fish - dinner as Greenwich never equalled . Fish of all sorts and kinds ( cooked and raw to suit all tastes ) , excellent lobsters and crabs , huge fresh - water prawns , deli- cate little oysters , which grow on the roots and branches ...
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... fish ( cankrelat de mer , my French friends call it , varo or wurrali in Tahitian ) . We have all regis- tered a solemn vow never to lose a chance of a varo feast . Then there were shell - fish and salads , and many other good things ...
... fish ( cankrelat de mer , my French friends call it , varo or wurrali in Tahitian ) . We have all regis- tered a solemn vow never to lose a chance of a varo feast . Then there were shell - fish and salads , and many other good things ...
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